Jar-lifter



V. F. DEATS.

JAR LIFTER.

ATIoN FILED OCT. 25.1919.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

y UNITED s'rArEs PATENT OFFICEA VERNE E. BEATS, or TIEEIN, OHIO.'

JAR-METER.

To all whom z't'mag/ concern:

Be it known that I, VERNE F. DEA'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing, at Tiiiin, in the'county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Lifters, of which the following is a specification. l f

This invention relates to a jar lifter yand has for its principal'object the production of a simple and eflicient device which maybe easily attached or detached the outer surfaces of hot jars.

Another object of this invention is to provide a ar lifter which may be manufactured at the smallest possible cost.

A still further object of this'invention is to provide a resilient wire, one end of which from around is fixedly attached to a stick and means provided upon the other end for holding said wire securely around a jar.

Vith. these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel combinations, constructions and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more clearly described.

In the drawings j Figure l is a perspective view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a section taken through the stick portion of the device.

Fig. 3 is a detailed fragmentary view partly in section showing how the resilient arm is attached to the stick.

By referring to the accompanying draw-` ings by numerals it will be seen that 1 designates a stick upon which is provided the resilient arm 2. Upon the rear face of the stick is provided a slot 3 into which the end 4 of the arm 2 is held by means of a staple 5. This arm 2 is bent at substan tially right angles at 3 and terminates in the eye portion 4 as is clearly` shown in Fig. l of the drawing. f

A resilient wire 6 is fxedly attached to the stick l by means of passing into said stickV a spaced distance as is clearly shown at 7 in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This wire then passes through the eye 4 of the resilient arm 2 and passes around to the other side of the stick l, that is the side opposite into which the end of the wire is attached to the stick. Upon the latter side of the stick l is provided the bracket 8 which extends along the side of the stick l for a distance and is then bent at substantially right angles. At cach Specification of Letters Patent. j l `ldjgljlijed NOV, 2,3, 1.920, Application mea october 25, wie.v serial No. 333,308. Y

end of the angular' bracket 8 areprovided eyes. Through one ofthese eyes passes the eye screw 9 as is shown in Fig. l.

The resilient wire 6 passes throughy the eye 4 and throughrthe eyey providedupon the free end of the bracket 8 andthen through the eye provided in the screw9. Another eye screw is provided a spaced distance above the eye 9 as is indicated at lO in Fig. l of the drawings. The resilient wirev -terminates in the eye .ll so as to rec'eive'the ring 12.

.From the above description'it will be seen that the operation of the device is.- as fol-v lows: When the drawer is in this position itA will be seen "that by pulling upwardlyy onthe ring 12 and thereby causing the resilient wire 6 tol pass up through .theeyes "9 and l0 thesamewill"be"forced Vtightly around the outerV periphery of the When the wire 6 is pulledit will be seen that the eye portion 4 of the resilient arm 2 will bepulled toward the stick l so that when the wire 6 is released, the resilient action of the arm 2 will cause the wire 6 to be pulled back through the eyes 9 and 10, thereby making the loop through which the jar is positioned large enough to'free the lifter from the same. From the construction shown in Fig. 3 it will be seen that the end of the resilient arm 2 passes through. the stick l and is fitted within a longitudinally extending slot so that the end thereof may be lixedly held within the slot by means of the staple 5 so that the usually sharp end of the wire will be prevented from 'cutting in any way the operator of the device. By referring further to Fig. 2 it will Vbe seen that the end of the resilient wire 6 is also passed into the stick l so as to be fixedly held therein and be at the same time prevented vfrom injuring the operator.

From the above descriptionit will be seen that I have produced a simple and eiiicient jar lifter which is adapted to be constructed of sheet materiall and to consist of a minimum number of parts. It will also be seen that the device is easily constructed and therefore may be cheaply manufactured. I do not intend to limit myself to the peculiar construction as shown, only inasmuch as set forth in the accompanying claims.

` What I claim as new is l. In a device of the class described comprising a stick, a resilient arm, a resilient Wire iixedly attached adjacent the bottom end of said stick, said wire'l passing-through an eye provided upon the free end ot said resilient arm, a bracket fixedly attached to said stick, said wire passed through an, open,- ing in said bracket.

2. A device of the class described com,- prising a stick, a resilient arm, one end of said resilientarm, lixedly attached a spaced distance: from one end ofsaid stick, a bracket ixedly attached to saidstick, the treeend of said bracket provided with an eye, said wire passed-v through, opening in said eye, and means provided for holding said wire in a large looped position so that a jar may be passed through said loop.-

3. In; a deviceof; the classv described, the combination of a stick with a resilient arm, said arm fixedly attached to said stick, said arm extending at right angles from said stick and bent so as to extend substantially parallel therewith, said" arm terminating 1n an eye, a resilient, wire one, end ofsaidv resilient wire fixedly attached to said stick, a bracket provided upon said stick, the free endV of said bracket provided withvan eye, a plurality of screws provided upon said stick,

said resilient wire passed through thel above mentioned eye whereby the free end of said resilient wire may be pulled so as to cause same tofit snuglyraround the outer-periphery of a jar for lifting. same. l V 4. In a device of the class described, the

one end of said resilient arm passed through said stick and to be bentat right angles so as to fit within a slot provided within `said stick, a staple provided for fixedly. holding said end within said slot and to saidV stick, said resilient armextending at right angles from said stick and bent so as to ex tend substantially parallel therewith, the

to be twisted so as to` allow said wire to pass combination, of a. stick, with a resilient arm,V

within the eye provided at the free Yend of said resilient arm withoutbuckling and-with the least possible friction.

ln testimonyrwhereof 1 inpresence of two witnesses.

VERNE F. BEATS.

Witnesses: MARK L. LEISTER, STELLA B. ZARGES.

aiiix my signature 

